Supporting our community to connect is a key part of our vision of Perth people living connected, sustainable lives. Behaviour change science tells us that feeling connected to a like-minded community (‘finding one’s tribe’) is important for us in achieving our target impact.
We offer a number of free or low cost opportunities to meet like-minded people at the Farm, and many of them are run by our wonderful volunteers. A list of the current programs is below but details change from time to time so please check the event listings before joining.
If you’d like to host a social group yourself please reach out.
| City Farm Forums | Quarterly | Low-cost evening events with around 100 attendees, with a different sustainability-related theme each time. Four speakers talk about the theme, previous themes have included urban biodiversity, urban farming, and ethical farming. |
| Social Gardening Group | Wednesdays and Fridays, weekly | 8-15 volunteers come in to maintain the City Farm landscape together. Tasks include plant propagation, weeding, pruning and harvesting produce. |
| Grandma Rosie’s Storytime | Monthly | Intergenerational story group for children aged 0-5 and their caregivers. Nature themed stories, singing and craft activities. |
| Writers at the Farm | Weekly | Amateur writers gather to write poetry and stories to a set theme and test their work on each other. |
| Yarn and Yarning | Monthly | Social craft group for knitters and crocheters who share their skills and re-use materials. |
| Tunesday | Monthly | A songwriting gathering set in the lush greenspace of City Farm. A theme is chosen and the group create individually and together. |
| Children’s Tree Planting Festival | Annually in May | 60+ families attend to re-plant a bushland area with native species with nature crafts, singing and other entertainment. |
| Crob’s Chess Club | Weekly | Crobs Coffee & Chess community group aims to connect people with a love of coffee & chess!
Crobs is a fully inclusive group, offering social chess in a relaxed, friendly and supportive environment. All members of the community are welcome, both able bodied and those living with disability. Weekly catch ups occur every Saturday morning between 9am to 12pm. This is a free community event. |
| Sambanista’s Drumming | Weekly | Unleash your inner drummer and join the weekly Sambanistas practice drumming sessions, held most Sundays from 12noon – 2pm at Perth City Farm.
No experience is necessary; just a willingness to have fun & not take things too seriously. For more information and to book, head to the Sambanistas website www.sambanistas.com Bookings are essential as some weeks this event does not occur. |
Check out our Events Calendar